Ukraine Offers Radar for Missile Shield

While Russian troops are still inside Georgia, Ukrainian President, Yushchenko, offered the West Ukraine's radar system for early warning against incoming missiles. Even though the missile shield is designed to take down only a few missiles. It's getting harder to convince the Russians that this system is intended to protect from rouge states and not Russia. BBC

Ukraine has said it is ready to make its missile early warning systems available to European nations following Russia's conflict with Georgia.

The foreign ministry said Moscow's abrogation earlier this year of an accord involving two tracking stations allowed it to co-operate with others.

President Viktor Yushchenko said his country could ensure its sovereignty only through collective security.

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In a statement, Ukraine's foreign ministry said that because the country was no longer party to the 1992 agreement with Russia on the use of its radar stations, it could now "launch active co-operation with European nations".

This might include "the integration of Ukrainian elements of missile early warning and space control systems with those of foreign countries that are interested in gathering space data", it said.

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